"TAGGED"

My daughter-in-law, Megan, did this "tag" a while ago and challenged anyone who wanted to be tagged to join in. Now she has posted two more tags - I'm so behind. Here is the first one.

50 years ago (1958) I was a senior in high school and teaching swimming during the summer. Roland and I met in Civics class.

40 years ago (1968) Living in Starkville, Mississippi – Roland working on his Doctorate and I worked for USDA as a biological research tech. I was married to Roland, had two sons Donnie (a.k.a. Ten Bears) and Brady. I became a conspiracy theorist as a result of the Kennedy assassination.

30 years ago (1978) our 6 member family lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Roland was working for Unisys Corp – at that time it may have been called Sperry. Roland and I had been baptized in the LDS Church

20 years ago (1988) we had moved to Florida. Roland was traveling a lot and I was thinking about going to graduate school. Donnie had joined the Army, Brady had served on a mission and Holly and Kelly were on the synchronized swimming team.

10 years ago (1998) Kelly and Jamie were married, we went to Hawaii for Brady and Megan’s sealing, and Roland had triple bypass surgery. Deana was born during this decade as was Connor and Ciara. Roland changed his address several times and this is when my thinking he was a spy really solidified.

5 years ago (2003) Roland died following a two year struggle. I miss you, Roland.


5 Things on my “to do list”
1. Weed the front flower bed. (this won’t happen any time soon)
2. Wash the windows in my office and dining area..
3. Buy some shoes.
4. Get rid of all the items I haven’t used in a year.
5. File.

5 Foods I enjoy
1. Peanut butter
2. Shrimp
3. Holly’s white gazpacho.
4. Homemade oatmeal cookies
5. Almost any Hors doeuvres – did I spell that right?

5 things I would do if I became a billionaire.
1. Establish huge trust funds for each member of my family.
2. Buy a residence on a Cruise Line.
3. Establish a facility to house women and children who need housing.
4. Financially back a political cause and/or politician I trust. – Would have to find one first.
5. Establish a self sustaining fund for awarding grants for worthy causes.

5 Places I have lived
1. All over Louisiana
2. All over Mississippi
3. Winter Haven, Florida
4. Houston, Texas
5. I have never lived alone.

5 Things people don’t know about me.
1. I’m scared of bugs that sting.
2. I’ve always wanted to be able to sing really well.
3. I hate Brussels Sprouts.
4. I’m shy.
5. What my IQ is.

5 joys
1. My Children and their families.
2. Doing my job really well.
3. Walking in a peaceful, beautiful setting.
4. Hearing inspiration when I receive it.
5. Growing in wisdom.

5 Fears
1. One of my children or grandchildren dying before I do.
2. Tornadoes
3. Lightening
4. Stinging bugs
5. Loosing my freedom

5 Obsessions (a compulsions list would be similar)
1. I want to do the driving if I’m with anyone but my children.
2. Good books
3. Relationships
4. Doing professional research
5. Sudoku

I’m passionate about
1. My children and grandchildren
2. Friendships
3. Traveling
4. Spontaneous Humor
5. Honesty

5 Goals
1. Loose the rest of the weight I need to loose.
2. Learn to Manage my own portfolio.
3. Visit the major places I want to visit while I still can manage the physical challenges.
4. Complete my 100 Things list.

5 Things I say
1. &^%^*( (there are a couple of these)
2. Cool
3. I love you.
4. Ya’ll
5. The deal is….

5 Lessons learned
1. God is a loving God
2. Everything is really all right.
3. Taking a victim stance or a power stance doesn’t work for me.
4. It’s absolutely none of my business what other people think of me.
5. Fear is only a fantasy.